This knife has been long in the making. I've always wanted a Bowie knife, and finally, the time has come. This knife has all the details of a bowie knife, yet it is not a real thing. The real thing is a story for another day.
Don't get me wrong-this will be a great knife. But in all honesty, it's more of a remake of Croccidial Dundee's Knife than a stand-alone bower knife. That little fact makes me so happy!
I gave 5 categories for KZfaq views to vote for. In the end, this knife was voted on. It is 15 inches in length, sharp on both sides of the drop tip, has a clean spine, a deep fuller, and finally, a stacked leather handle. Drawing it up, it kind of looks like a Dundee knife.
In this video, I discuss the foregoing part of this project. I spent nine hours in the forge burning just two bags of charcoal, which is around 30 lbs, and it was worth every second.
I hope you enjoy the process.
The next video will be about filling, carving the fuller, and most likely shaping the hand guard and pommel.
I have so much to do, I best get back to work.
00:00 Introduction
00:13 Cutting the steel for the knife
01:05 Testing the Steel
02:31 The beginning of the forging process
02:41 Forging the tang for this knife
03:05 Shaping the tongs for the work
03:52 Back to forging this knife tang
05:28 Its too bright in here!
05:47 The last of the tang
07:40 Forging the blade of the Bowie
10:36 Forging the drop tip of the knife
13:08 Forging the cutting edge
14:45 Fixing the Drop tip before it gets out of hand
16:56 Back to forging the blade and cleaning up the surface
18:27 The forging for this Bowie knife is finished